[Rarebooks] FS: 1897 Kelmscott Press Catalogue

[Michael John Thompson]

KELMSCOTT PRESS.

LIST OF BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE KELMSCOTT PRESS. February 16th, 1897.

London: Kelmscott Press. 1897.

First Edition. Advertising Circular. One large leaf folded to make 8 
pages, uncut. Printed in two colours in the Golden Type on handmade 
paper. With a large Kelmscott Press colophon on the upper leaf. One 
large decorative initial. Now Ready: The Earthly Paradise, in Eight 
Volumes. Nearly Ready: Sire Degravaunt; Sire Isumbrus. In the Press: 
Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs; The Water of the 
Wondrous Isles. In Preparation: The Sundering Flood. Books Already 
Printed, of which a few copies still remain for sale: The Life and 
Death of Jason; Beowulf; The Book of Wisdom & Lies; Sidonia The 
Sorceress; Godefrey of Boloyne; The Golden Legend in Three Volumes; 
The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye; The History of Reynard the 
Foxe. 34 titles, including the Chaucer, are listed as out-of-print.

Of special notice is the final paragraph: KELMSCOTT BOOKS ON VELLUM. 
A set of all the books that have been printed on vellum at the 
Kelmscott Press, with the exception of Chaucer's Works, 46 volumes, 
price Five Hundred Pounds. A few small stains to spine margins of 
outer leaf; a very good, fresh copy.

Peterson C47. A scarce, ephemeral item from the Press.

$750.00 Cdn, Postpaid. Trade discount allowed.


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